Can You Get Snap-In Dentures With Bone Loss? [Video Q&A]

When looking into dental implant treatment, you probably found that your jawbone is important. For implants to integrate with your jaw, they need ample bone structure to secure them. Without it, the implant may not be able to stabilize, and the implant will fail. To learn if you have enough bone for a dental implant, book a free consultation with an implant dentist. At Bivona Family Dental, we’ll assess your jawbone and determine if you have enough bone for implants. In most cases, we find that patients do possess enough jawbone, meaning they can get snap-in dentures even with bone loss.

How Do You Know if You Have Enough Bone for Implant Dentures?

At Bivona Family Dental, we understand the importance of bone quality for implant placement. That is why we have 3D digital X-ray technology.

It’s surprisingly common for patients to visit our office after being told somewhere else that they don’t have enough bone for dental implant treatment. Many general dentists don’t place dental implants regularly and rely on 2-dimensional scans, which limits their ability to assess your bone quality.

At our office, we take a 3D digital image of your jaw with a state-of-the-art CBCT machine. This 3D model allows us to look at your jawbone from all angles, determining the quality and quantity of your bone. Most of the time, when patients come in thinking they don’t have enough bone structure, they actually have plenty of bone available.

And if there really isn’t enough bone for conventional implants, you’re not out of options!

Book a free consultation with Bivona Family Dental in Jasper, AL. There, we will assess your jaw and find a solution that works for you. If you have enough bone material, we will create a custom treatment plan that suits your needs. If not, we’ll discuss ways to rebuild your jawbone or alternatives to conventional implants that may work for your situation.

Can You Get Snap-In Dentures With Bone Loss?

Patients looking to restore their smile with dentures are usually the most worried about bone loss. These full-arch restorations require multiple implants spread across your jaw, which can be difficult for people with bone loss. But at Bivona Family Dental, we’ll work with you to find a solution that works for your smile.

In many cases, patients do have enough bone for snap-in dentures with implants, even with bone loss. But in some situations, we may need to rebuild some of the bone material you’ve lost first. At our office, we rebuild bone with bone grafts.

What Is Bone Grafting?

A bone graft rebuilds bone over time using real or synthetic bone material. When you have an area without enough bone in your jaw, we will place one of the following materials to help stimulate bone growth.

• Autograft: This bone comes from another part of your body, like your hip or chin.
• Allograft: Bone from a human donor or cadaver is an allograft.
• Xenograft: When bone is taken from an animal, likely a cow, and sterilized, it is called a Xenograft.
• Alloplast: Man-made or synthetic materials that mimic bone structure are used in an alloplast.

While we typically choose the type of bone grafting you need based on your specific circumstances, we’ll take your personal or cultural preferences seriously.

The bone material acts as a scaffold for your natural bone, allowing it to build up over time. In most cases, the bone grafting process takes around 3 to 6 months to fully heal. However, at our office, we also offer innovative L-PRF therapy that helps accelerate your healing.

This process uses a small sample of your own blood and separates the healing agents into a sort of clot. We place the clot on your healing site to help accelerate healing and reduce discomfort.

For those who want to avoid bone grafting altogether but don’t have enough bone for a conventional dental implant, we also offer small-diameter implants that fit in less bone. To learn more, book a free implant consultation with us.

Find Out if You Can Get Snap-In Dentures With Bone Loss in Jasper, AL

Your jawbone quality is incredibly important to dental implant placement. But many patients are told they don’t have enough bone for dental implant treatment. If you’re considering treatments like snap-in dentures, book a free consultation with Bivona Family Dental to learn about your bone loss. We have 3D digital technology that helps accurately assess your eligibility for implants. And if you don’t have enough bone, we even offer ways to rebuild bone to improve your eligibility.

Book a free consultation today to learn if you can still get snap-in dentures with bone loss.

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